When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 22:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them and did not turn back until they were consumed. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; And turned not again until I had consumed them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn back until they were consumed. American Standard Version (1901) I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. Common English Bible I chased my enemies and destroyed them! I didn’t come home until I finished them off. Catholic Public Domain Version I will pursue my enemies, and crush them. And I will not turn back, until I consume them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will pursue after my enemies, and crush them: and will not return again till I consume them. |
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
I consumed them; I struck them down so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake; I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
No, in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.